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10 Best Movies Like If Nothing Else Works Out

If you loved If Nothing Else Works Out, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#4
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#5
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#6
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Nothing Else Works Out for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

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